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Goregaon ([ɡoːɾeɡaːʋ]) is a suburb of Mumbai city, in the Mumbai Suburban district of India. It has a railway station on the Mumbai suburban railway on the Western Line. An extension of the Harbour Line was completed in 2018 due to which it has regular trains to CSMT. This is in addition to existing trains to Churchgate on the Western ...
The table below lists all the talukas (tahsils/tehsils) of all the thirty-six districts in the Indian state of Maharashtra, along with district-subdivision and urban status information of headquarters villages/towns, as all talukas are intermediate level panchayats between the zilla parishad (district councils) at the district level and gram panchayats (village councils) at the lower level.
The district along with Mumbai City district and other suburban localities make up Greater Mumbai. The district occupies an area of 446 km 2. [3] This is the second smallest district of Maharashtra, and the jurisdiction of Mumbai Suburban district extends from Bandra to Dahisar, from Kurla to Mulund, and from Kurla up to Trombay creek. The ...
The total area of Mumbai is 603.4 km 2 (233 sq mi). [3] Of this, the island city spans 67.79 km 2 (26 sq mi), while the suburban district spans 370 km 2 (143 sq mi), together accounting for 437.71 km 2 (169 sq mi) under the administration of Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC).
Geographically, the Western Suburbs lie at the western part of Salsette Island, is a continuous urban sprawl spanning the areas from Bandra to Bhayander, which is separated by the Vasai Creek from Vasai-Virar city and Mithi River from Mumbai city district (Churchgate to Mahim). The Western Suburbs are some of the oldest suburbs of the city.
Jogeshwari East (constituency number 158) is one of the 26 Vidhan Sabha constituencies located in the Mumbai Suburban district. [1] Number of electorates in 2009 was 283,561 (male 161,629, female 121,932).
Goregaon was originally called Ghodegaon, a name that was formed by combining the word ghode (meaning "horse") and gaon (meaning "village"). This name was used because Goregaon was a major trading center for horses under the rule of Chatrapati Shivaji. 10 kilometres (6.2 mi) from Goregaon is the village of Ghodeghoom. In ancient times, warriors ...
Goregaon constituency is one of the 26 Vidhan Sabha constituencies located in the Mumbai Suburban district. [1]Goregaon is part of the Mumbai North West Lok Sabha constituency along with five other Vidhan Sabha segments, namely Dindoshi, Versova, Jogeshwari East, Andheri West and Andheri West in the Mumbai Suburban district.